White House announces Trump's three-way meeting with Putin and Xi
Reducing nuclear weapons will be the topic of the summit on the sidelines of the APEC Forum in Shenzhen
Quick Look
- According to the White House, US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kremlin Chief Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet in China next week for a three-way meeting.
- The meeting will take place on Thursday on the sidelines of the APEC Forum in Shenzhen.
- The topic should be, among other things, a possible reduction in global nuclear weapons stocks.
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Why It Matters
It is the first meeting of this kind between the three nuclear powers. So far there have only been bilateral talks. The 2010 New Start Treaty between Russia and the United States expired this year and limited the number of strategic nuclear warheads and operational launchers.
US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin will meet in China next week for a three-way meeting, according to the White House. It should also be about a possible reduction in global nuclear weapons stocks, it was said from Washington. “He will talk about the global dismantling of nuclear weapons, the proliferation of which President Trump considers to be very dangerous,” said presidential office spokeswoman Olivia Wales.
The meeting will take place on Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Shenzhen, China. It is the first meeting of its kind. So far there have only been bilateral talks between the nuclear powers.
No concrete results expected
A US official tempered expectations that the nuclear weapons talk would produce concrete results or an agreement. Rather, this should be viewed as an introduction. In the past, Trump had repeatedly brought up a new disarmament treaty. The New Start treaty concluded between Russia and the USA in 2010 expired this year. New Start limited the number of strategic nuclear warheads and the number of operational launchers.
Trump will also bring up the US and Israeli war against Iran, said a senior government official. He is unlikely to talk about the Russian war in Ukraine.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
No concrete disarmament agreements will be reached at the meeting, but only an entry into talks.
Likely · Within days
Trump will address the US and Israel's war against Iran, but not the Russian war in Ukraine.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- What concrete steps will be agreed to reduce nuclear weapons stocks?
- What position do China and Russia take on a possible disarmament treaty?
- What reactions follow from Tehran to the mention of the Iran War?
